Everyone around me is suddenly taking COVID-19 much more seriously, some even wearing N95 masks. I am no longer just getting COVID-19 news from articles I purposefully look for, but also hear it from radios around me, from the empty store shelves, from about half of my news push notifications, from my Los Angeles school shutting down, from notifications on unrelated websites I go to, and even from the Two Steps From Hell Discord server about a cancelled concert, and from an unrelated comic on Reddit! This is the real deal, I think, at least as a noteworthy disaster and likely recession. It's affecting basically everything, and I would have a hard time getting away from it even if I didn't steadfastly read /u/Fwoggie2's daily updates.